The Writer Manuel Castells Maintains That If the Leaders of Nation-States

question 35

Multiple Choice

The writer Manuel Castells maintains that if the leaders of nation-states want to respond effectively to the four crises he discusses, they must

• A) establish tighter border controls because illegal immigration is undermining states of all kinds.
• B) strive to make their countries economically self-sufficient because globalization is stealing jobs from productive countries.
• C) confront the cold reality that life is changing and there is nothing to be done; the era of independent nation-states is over.
• D) create collaborative networks with nongovernmental organizations and other nonstate actors, a recommendation that sounds paradoxical given the problems of the four crises.

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